As of 2013 the City of Seattle has 44 miles of bike lanes installed on city roadways. The 2014 Seattle Bicycle Master Plan calls for many new miles of bike lanes, cycle tracks, and neighborhood greenways. This report ...

This thesis presents an observational research describing the stopping behaviors used by bicyclists at intersections controlled by stop signs and/or flashing beacons in the City of Seattle. The primary intent is to identify ...

The 2012 Seattle Transit Master Plan recommends bus rapid transit (BRT) for a new high capacity transit line on Madison Street. In the most recent budget, the City approved $1 million to study and develop a BRT concept for ...

Urban transportation researchers have been studying the relationship between land use policy and travel behavior for several decades due to the topic's great importance in public policy-making. Because of the improvements ...

The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, collocated with Naval Base Kitsap - Bremerton, is the City of Bremerton's largest employer. Several complex factors over the course of the 120 years since the founding of the base have reduced ...

Walking for transportation is a critical component of any strategy for smart growth. Regular levels of moderate physical activity have been shown to dramatically reduce many chronic illnesses and replacing automobile trips ...

In the U.S., current pedestrian-vehicle crash prevention strategies are mostly focused on engineering interventions rather than measures for preventing unsafe road behavior (i.e. speeding and drunk-driving). This thesis ...

Park and rides are an integral part of the Puget Sound region transportation system. During the 4th Quarter of 2014, 20,054 park and ride spaces were used on an average daily basis, resulting in nearly 80% of the system ...

This study challenges traditional distance-based notions of walkability. The objective of this research was to determine whether it is feasible and realistic to replace relatively short bus trips with walking in urban ...

In today's financially constrained environment, public transit agencies face difficult decisions about how to allocate transit infrastructure and service in order to balance competing priorities including geographic coverage, ...

This thesis investigates the quality of connections between multiple modes of transportation at three city center transit hubs located in Portland, OR, Seattle, WA, and Vancouver, BC. Consideration is given to the perspective ...

In 2008, the Washington State legislature established benchmarks to reduce vehicle miles traveled (VMT) per capita over the subsequent 40 years as part of the strategy to reach statutory greenhouse gas emissions limits. ...